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- The centre assesses, and Cambridge OCR awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Cambridge OCR.
The Level 2 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Science allows learners to develop skills relevant to the science sector. It covers areas such as data processing, practical techniques, and communicating science. It is suitable for individuals seeking an introduction to scientific principles and methods.
These are the units Cambridge OCR registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Careers in science Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know the range of employment opportunities within the science sector
- Know some of the job roles within a science organisation
- Apply for a position within the science sector
Chemical design Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know the main components of washing powders and understand how they work to clean effectively
- Know how the components of car fuel are produced and understand why each component is important for engine performance
- Know the properties and uses of different polymers in various applications
- Understand the factors which influence chemical design in the development of new products
Chemistry of production Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe why a specific chemical process and its location are chosen for production
- Describe the factors that govern the rate and yield of a chemical process
- Know how waste treatment methods can be used to minimise the environmental impact of a chemical process
- Know how the chemical industry maintains a good safety record in the manufacture and transport of chemicals
Communicating science Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know how science can be communicated using different types of communications
- Know how science can be communicated specific to different audiences
- Understand how different viewpoints are presented in science
Environmental analysis Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know how science is used in the effective disposal of household waste materials
- Know some of the methods used for analysing water quality to ensure it is safe
Food production Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different practices used in commercial farming
- Understand the key factors that affect crop production
- Know how food gets from the field to the supermarket
- Understand the role of innovative science in addressing food production
Human behaviour Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the origins of human behaviour and the evolutionary approach to explaining patterns of behaviour
- Understand the biological approach to explaining patterns of human behaviour
- Understand the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate in relation to human behaviour
- Analyse patterns of human behaviour in interpersonal relationships using biological and evolutionary theories
Physics in sport Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the application of levers in various sporting activities.
- Describe how forces affect the movement of objects in different sports.
- Explain how to vary the effect of friction on moving objects in sport.
- Explain how physics principles can be applied to predict and improve techniques in sport.
Practical techniques in science Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Know how organisations use science to identify hazards
- Know how individuals use science to identify hazards
- Know how organisations use science to minimise risk
- Know how individuals use science to minimise risk
- Use practical techniques in scientific work in the laboratory
- Use practical techniques in scientific work in the field
- Maintain the quality of the sample using practical techniques
- Avoid contamination of the laboratory and/or the environment using practical techniques
Processing and presenting data in science Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Collect repeatable experimental data accurately and safely.
- Present experimental data in a clear and organised manner, using tables, charts, and graphs.
- Process experimental data using appropriate mathematical techniques.
- Use scale correctly when presenting data.
- Use appropriate units when presenting data.
- Apply equations correctly when processing data.
- Construct and interpret graphs accurately.
Radiology Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how X-rays are used by Diagnostic Radiographers in medical imaging.
- Explain how a Radiographer uses ultrasound technology to observe internal structures of the human body.
- Recognise that radioactive materials are utilised by Therapeutic Radiographers for both diagnostic and treatment purposes.
Research and development in science Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how scientific concepts are developed into useful applications
- Plan a design process for a scientific application
- Use a design process to design or improve an application of science
Science of telecommunications Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how current telecommunication systems are used to communicate information effectively.
- Explain the properties of different types of waves.
- Explain how electromagnetic waves are used in communication technologies.
- Identify some of the common problems encountered when transmitting messages via telecommunications.
Science of health Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how different lifestyle choices can affect an individual's health and well-being
- Know how the human body resists infection from pathogens and how modern science can assist in this process
- Know how sexual health impacts on the health and well-being of the individual and society as a whole
- Understand the impact of genetic disorders on an individual's health and well-being
Science of the Earth Real unit · Cambridge OCR
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the structure of the Earth, including the crust, mantle, and core.
- Explain the development of ideas and theories about the processes that change the Earth’s surface, such as plate tectonics and erosion.
- Explain how the Earth’s atmosphere has evolved over time.
- Describe how the Earth's atmosphere supports life.
- Explain the importance of the hydrosphere for supporting human life, including the availability of fresh water.
- Describe how we extract and use resources in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
- Analyse the long-term effects of resource extraction and use on the Earth, including pollution and climate change.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Determine a research and development topic worthy of investigation
- Standard
Obtain approval for selected research and development activities
- Standard
Translate research and development findings into practice
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Showing 6 roles, drawn from 198 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.
Where this can lead
Research Scientist
This work can lead to a technical specialist role, such as principal scientist, or into managing a team as a research team leader.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Cambridge OCR rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Careers in scienceChemical designChemistry of productionCommunicating scienceEnvironmental analysisFood productionHuman behaviourPhysics in sport
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Determine a research and development topic worthy of investigation
- Obtain approval for selected research and development activities
- Translate research and development findings into practice
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Careers in science, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will gain knowledge of employment opportunities within the science sector, including various job roles and required skills and qualifications. The unit also covers career pathways and how to apply for positions within science organisations.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Cambridge OCR Level 2 Cambridge Technical Certificate in Science
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Cambridge OCR.
- Careers in science
- Chemical design
- Chemistry of production
- Communicating science
- Environmental analysis
- Food production
and 9 more in the full unit list below.
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